Thursday, August 19, 2010

"If anyone over there thought it was a clean slide, then we have a different opinion on that," said Damon, who spent four years as a Yankee. "It's part of baseball. But I thought the slide was dirty, and I'm sure a lot of those guys would agree."

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"That's his opinion," Gardner told The Post. "He knows how I play. I think if he was over here in this clubhouse he probably would have given me a high-five for trying to break up the double play."

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"Obviously, I feel bad about Carlos getting hurt. I wasn't trying to hurt him," Gardner said. "I don't think it was dirty at all. I could have went in with my spikes and I didn't. I hit him with the front or the side of my leg. I didn't think it was dirty. Some people probably do, and that's that."

"If anyone over there thought it was a clean slide, then we have a different opinion on that," said Damon, who spent four years as a Yankee. "It's part of baseball. But I thought the slide was dirty, and I'm sure a lot of those guys would agree."

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"That's his opinion," Gardner told The Post. "He knows how I play. I think if he was over here in this clubhouse he probably would have given me a high-five for trying to break up the double play."

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"Obviously, I feel bad about Carlos getting hurt. I wasn't trying to hurt him," Gardner said. "I don't think it was dirty at all. I could have went in with my spikes and I didn't. I hit him with the front or the side of my leg. I didn't think it was dirty. Some people probably do, and that's that."